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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Administrative Office
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1963-1967
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 87-170
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the contract between National Portrait Gallery and John Fraser, Jr., who contracted to copy records of portraits of Americans on record at Frick Art Reference Library in New York City. Included are contract invoices, correspondence between Gallery and Fraser, and a report on a visit to the ...
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of Exhibitions
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1977-1982
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0.15 cu. ft. (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 82-030
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of posters documenting the following National Portrait Gallery exhibitions: American Portrait Drawings; Champions of American Sport; Benjamin West and His American Students; Code Duello in America; We Never Sleep: The First Fifty Years of the Pinkertons; We Were but a Handful; Time: Art and Entertainment; Return to...
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of Exhibitions
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circa 1977-1990
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1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 91-030
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that pertain to the Facing the Lights: Historic American Portrait Daguerreotypes exhibition. Materials Include loan agreements with individuals, historical societies, university archives/libraries, and outside museums; lists of incoming loans, which register name of lender and transportation arrangements ...
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of Exhibitions
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1972-1977
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 91-093
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of correspondence; exhibition scripts and captions; excerpts from books, journals, articles and other published sources; news releases; loan agreements; newspaper clippings; brochures; pamphlets; photographs and prints; and negatives for the exhibition The Black Presence in the Era of the American Revolution, 1770-...
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of the Deputy Director
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1983-1989, with some files to 1991
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6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 92-062
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Carolyn Kinder Carr was appointed to the newly-created position of National Portrait Gallery (NPG) Assistant Director for Collections in November 1983. These records document Carr's activity in that capacity, and contain reports and memoranda created by her office, other NPG offices, and other Smithsonian bureaus; as well as official correspon...
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of Exhibitions
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1983-1991
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10 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes) (2 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 93-008
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that pertain to eight exhibitions which the Office of Exhibitions organized between 1983 and 1991. The bulk of the records includes correspondence between the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) Director, Alan Fern, and various national and international museum institutions, donors, art galleries, archives, ...
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of Exhibitions
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1975-1979
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 87-156
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the exhibition Return to Albion: Americans in England, 1760-1940. Materials include correspondence with lenders, lender information sheets, photographs of works of art exhibited, photocopies of exhibition labels, exhibition catalog reproduction rights requests/forms, catalog photo orders, e...
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Administrative Office
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FY 1983-FY 1987
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 92-140
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists largely of purchase orders for works of art and other artifacts acquired by the National Portrait Gallery from FY 1983 through FY 1987. It also includes records of other large transactions and purchases of items such as furniture and conservation equipment.
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Administrative Office
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1979-1989
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-155
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that form part of the central administrative files of the museum from 1979 through 1989. They were created by Barbara A. Hart first as Administrative Officer and then as Executive Officer of the Museum. The files contain Hart's chronological files for 1988 and 1989, and records concerning the development ...
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Administrative Office
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1982-1988
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-154
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of materials that were assembled by Barbara Hart, Executive Officer, and Eloise Harvey, Administrative Services Assistant, to document the administrative aspects of special initiatives undertaken by the National Portrait Gallery from 1982 to 1988. These initiatives include corporate sponsorship of special projects and e...
